** Description changed: I choose to install Ubuntu 18.04 on /dev/sdb without opening advanced - partitioning tool. + partitioning tool (I don't want to do partitioning manually). I expect grub to be installed on same disk. Because my /dev/sdb is SSD and it is first in boot list in BIOS, and my /dev/sda is empty HDD and I'm not going to install anything on it. But it seems grub-installer tries to install grub on /dev/sda by default. It fails to do so. After the failure it suggests to choose another disk for grub. I choose /dev/sdb and it still fails. The workaround I found is to open advanced partitioning tool, change grub installation disk to /dev/sdb, go back, and again choose Ubuntu installation on /dev/sdb. All logs attached here are from VirtualBox where I have reproduced the issue. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: ubiquity 18.04.14 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CasperVersion: 1.394 CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME Date: Sun May 6 00:21:57 2018 InstallCmdLine: file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed boot=casper initrd=/casper/initrd.lz quiet splash --- maybe-ubiquity LiveMediaBuild: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 LC_NUMERIC=C.UTF-8 SourcePackage: grub-installer UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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